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A Peek Inside the Orion Nebula

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This dramatic image from January 2006 offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Secured Atop an Atlas V Rocket

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Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 15

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This image from May 11, 1971, is a high angle view showing the Apollo 15 spacecraft on the way from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Pad A, Launch Complex 39. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Bright Rays and Dark Shadows in a Nearby Galaxy

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From 156 million light-years away the heart of active galaxy IC 5063 reveals a mixture of bright rays and dark shadows coming from the blazing core, home of a supermassive black hole. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Rolling to the Launch Pad

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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Juno Celebrates 10 Years With a New View of Jovian Moon Ganymede

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This infrared view of Jupiter’s icy moon Ganymede was obtained by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its July 20, 2021, flyby. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
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